Definition of Thuribles

1. Noun. (plural of thurible) ¹

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Definition of Thuribles

1. thurible [n] - See also: thurible

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thuribles

thunderstrokes
thunderstruck
thunderworm
thunderworms
thundery
thundrous
thunk
thunked
thunking
thunks
thunnies
thunny
thurgh
thurghfare
thurible
thuribles (current term)
thurifer
thuriferous
thurifers
thurification
thurifications
thurified
thurifies
thurify
thuringite
thuringites
thuris
thurl
thurled
thurling

Literary usage of Thuribles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association, Thomas Rowland Powel, Donald Moore (1874)
"BRONZE thuribles IN WALES. IN 1858. a little above Corwen Church, was found the bronze thurible represented in the accompanying cut. ..."

2. History of Scottish Seals from the Eleventh to the Seventeenth Century, with by Walter de Gray Birch (1907)
"... shows a figure of the Virgin with the Child at her breast, set in a canopied niche and attended by two angels swinging thuribles. ..."

3. Divine Worship in England in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries by John David Chambers (1877)
"Thus at Sarum in 1222 were "Three thuribles of Silver with a Navicella or little mip of ... Mar/hall gave two thuribles and a ..."

4. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"thuribles were used under both the patriarchal and Mosaic dispensations, ... In the eighth century thuribles were commonly used, and directions for their ..."

5. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"thuribles were used under both the patriarchal and Mosaic dis- ... In the eighth century thuribles were commonly used, and directions for their due adoption ..."

6. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"thuribles were used under both the patriarchal and Mosaic dispensations, ... In the eighth century thuribles were commonly used, and directions for their ..."

7. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"There is no mention of them in the Apostolical Constitutions. thuribles of gold or silver, of large size and ornamented with precious stones, ..."

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